Lithuania 1936 10 litu

Stack's Bowers 2019 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72434

This specimen was lot 72434 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, October 2019), where it sold for $85. The catalog description^[1] noted, "LITHUANIA. 10 Litu, 1936. NGC MS-62. Bust of Duke Vytautas Didysis facing left. A well struck example with rich old envelope tone." This commemorative was accompanied by a five litai (KM 82), 5 centai (KM 81), 2 centai (KM 80) and one centas (KM 79). It represents the last coinage issued by the republic before World War Two.

Recorded mintage: 720,000.

Specification: 18 g, 0.750 fine silver, 32 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-83.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The October 2019 Collector's Choice Sale: World and Ancient Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2019.

Link to:

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